Eurowing Discover’s inaugural flight from Frankfurt to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe landed on Wednesday, 30, marking the launch of the airline’s newest destination in the Southern Africa region.
The flight 4Y138 will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, with a brief stop in Namibia and will be served with the 283-seat A330-300 contingent.
A boost for Zimbabwe’s tourism, the country is among 24 destinations that the Lufthansa’s leisure airline, announced it will serve this year and is the fifth destination in Africa after Mombasa in Kenya, Windhoek in Namibia, Zanzibar in Tanzania and Mauritius.
Later this year, the carrier, will begin service to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, in South Africa.
Elated during the launching ceremony, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona said, “We are grateful to Eurowings Discover, the Airports Company of Zimbabwe, the Aeronautical Authority of Zimbabwe and the whole aviation industry in Zimbabwe for this smart collaboration which has made this occasion a success.”
“We have no doubt that visitors who will patronise the Eurocentric wings will savour the splendid sights of the tranquil, refreshing deep blue waters of the upper Zambezi, as they touch down in this resort city.
“The magnificent city of Victoria Falls, coupled with its amazing one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Mosi-a-Tunya or the ‘Smoke that Thunders,’ welcomes you with openness and generosity. The thundering, cascading waters down the Zambezi escarpment are no mere natural wonder, but a depiction of the love and warmth of the people of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa,” he said.
